by Neil Ellis | Aug 22, 2018 | Prayer
The people of the islands of the Hebrides call the sun ‘the eye of the great God’ Because God looks on us In warmth and love, Giving us life and light. And they would bow the head In reverence to God. I bow my head to You, Lord God Who made the sun, and...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 20, 2018 | Sermons
The Lord’s Prayer – Part 3 Today is our third look at the Lord’s Prayer. Our focus this morning is on the petition ‘and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’ You can catch up on the sermon series by reading Part 1 and...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 13, 2018 | Sermons
We return to our series on the Lord’s Prayer. This week we look at two petitions found within the Lord’s Prayer: Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Text: Exodus 16: 1-12 & Matthew 18: 21-35...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 11, 2018 | News
Over the next few weeks the congregational website will be receiving an update. Some of the visuals will be changing and we hope to increase the use of navigation to the site. We hope that this change will make our website more accessible for those who worship...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 9, 2018 | News
This Sunday we continue our discovery of the Lord’s Prayer. One of the petitions we will be examining is ‘Give us our daily bread.’ It is appropriate that we then celebrate the Living Bread and will be celebrating communion during the service. ...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 8, 2018 | Prayer
Evening comes when You call, and all nature listen to You because You hold it all. And now You hold me. Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe! At Your word night falls. In Your wisdom You open heaven’s gates. You set the stars in the vault of...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 7, 2018 | Sermons
Over the next four weeks we will take a deeper look at the Lord’s Prayer at its various petitions. What do they mean? How do they shape our prayer life? How do they impact our relationship with God? What does it mean for our life as a Christian? I would like to...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 2, 2018 | News
This Sunday we will begin a four part sermon series on the Lord’s Prayer. I hope these sermons will shed some light on a prayer that we pray every Sunday. What do the words of this prayer mean in light of our worship and our own lives? We will delve into the...
by Neil Ellis | Jul 31, 2018 | Prayer
Inspired by love and anger, disturbed by need and pain, informed of God’s own bias, we ask him once again: ‘How long must some folk suffer? How long can few folk mind? How long dare vain self-interest turn prayer and pity blind?’ From those forever...
by Neil Ellis | Jun 25, 2018 | Sermons
In life there are storms. Those uncertain times and events which can shake us to our core. The lesson from Mark’s gospel concerns itself with a storm the disciples faced while Jesus slept at the back of the boat. What can we today take from this story and where...
